Omid Faridani, Post-doc (»Add to Infobox)

Maria Masucci's Group Academic: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Phone:  +46(0)8 52487934 Email:  Omid.Faridaniki.se

General description: Omid Faridani completed his doctoral research in functional genomics at the department for Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institutet with a doctoral thesis entitled "Studies on Natural Antisense RNAs and microRNAs". Noncoding RNAs including microRNAs are parts of the gene regulatory network that can modulate the gene expression especially at the post-transcriptional level. MicroRNAs are shown to have roles in cell differentiation, development, lifespan and human diseases including cancer. Role in RUBICON: In May 2008, Omid joined the group to work on RNAi screening and microRNAs of EBV.